Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 177 The Dark Knight Released (Part )
With the accompaniment of tight gongs and drums,
The gangsters who killed their companions came to the bank's underground vault and began to use a machine to drill open the iron door of the vault.

At the same time, the situation in the hall that was originally firmly under the control of the gangsters began to change slightly.

A manager suddenly took out a rifle hidden in the office and shot the driver dead with one shot. The gloomy clown was forced to tumble and crawl, and hid behind a cabinet with his companions.

After tricking his companion into coming out and letting the bank manager run out of bullets in his rifle, the Grim Clown shot him backhandedly, knocking him to the ground.

The camera then gave a close-up of the clown who seemed a little different.

In the empty shot, there is only a half-body shot of him.

He was wearing a dirty suit and a mask, and he stood there, slowly tilting his head to the right.

Ivanka couldn't understand why she did this.

But at this time she was sure that this person must be Nuo Chen.

Although the body shape and everything has changed, this tilted head is so charming.

With an inexplicable charm.

It was clearly just a simple tilt of his head, and he had a mask on his face, so not only was his expression unclear, you couldn't even tell whether his eyes were black or blue.

But this person made this movement very comfortable and beautiful.

It reminded her of the same thing in Blueberry Nights. At the beginning, he was just holding the microphone and making a phone call, but for those few tens of seconds, she couldn't take her eyes away.

Roger Ebert, who was also in New York but in another cinema, couldn't help but smile in his heart when he saw this scene.

He became more and more certain that this young man from the East had a bright future.

Maybe, he will become a superstar in the future.

Not those superstars in the 2000 million club who are built up by box office and hype.

Rather, they are the true superstars who are enshrined in the Hall of Fame and who shine brightly in the history of film.

This action reminded him of Marlon Brando wearing a helmet in "The Wild One" and tilting his head in the same way.

and then?
In the 1953 movie, Marlon Brando was just a young man just starting out, and he didn't show his face when he did this action.

But everyone knows that this must be the protagonist of the movie.

As for why, no one can really explain it.

Many movies have paid tribute to that classic scene since then, but no one can do it like Marlon Brando, who attracted everyone with just a tilt of his head, without using his face, eyes, or even body movements.

Roger Ebert, with his 40 years of professional experience, can only say that this is a gift from God to certain people.

The gift list roughly includes: Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, and modern Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks.

Leonardo Dicaprio was not among them.

Because Roger Ebert felt that he was too deliberate in showing off his looks and lacked the temperament that came naturally from the inside out.

Roger Ebert adjusted his sitting position to make himself more comfortable.

He had a feeling that today would be a long and exciting show.

The co-pilot rushed to the door of the underground vault.

After seeing that the vault door had been drilled open, he asked curiously, "Where is the person who cut off the alarm?"

The clown who was drilling the door was making the final move to open it and replied, "Dead. The boss told me to kill him when he was done."

The co-pilot laughed: "What a coincidence, the boss told me the same thing."

The person drilling the door was stunned for a moment, then realized what the other party meant and screamed, "What? No, no, no."

There was a bang of a gunshot, and the body fell to the ground instantly.

The co-pilot rushed into the vault and filled his travel bag with banknotes.

At this point in the story, George Morris almost forgot the purpose of his visit.
In just a few minutes of the opening, betrayal and gangsters robbing each other are repeated, with constant reversals and twists, which vividly portray the cold-bloodedness of these gangsters.

At the same time, it makes people look forward to it involuntarily.

Where is the real clown who arranged for them to do this?
He is clearly the root cause of this chaotic situation.

The co-pilot returned to the lobby carrying a travel bag filled with banknotes.

He already knew that the mastermind behind the scenes wanted them to kill one by one. Without saying anything, he drew his gun and pointed it at the sinister clown, "Tell me, did he arrange for you to kill me?"

The eerie clown moved slowly, circling with the other party, as if adjusting the angle, moving from the outside to the inside, exchanging positions with the co-pilot.

"No, he arranged for me to kill the school bus driver."

"School bus driver? What school bus driver?"

Just as he finished speaking, a yellow school bus crashed through the bank's outer wall and crushed him under its tires with a bang.

A slightly fat school bus driver jumped off the school bus, looked at the money on the ground and said happily: "So much money. This is a lot of money."

Then he and the gloomy clown threw the travel bag full of money onto the school bus.

The driver then remembered and asked, "Where are the others?"

In George Morris's eyes, this man wearing the most terrifying clown mask always gave him a special feeling.

Until this time, the feeling finally became clear.

In this tense and exciting plot, all other characters are in a tense state.

Only this person seemed to be strolling in the garden from beginning to end.

It seemed as if he was not robbing a bank, but playing some kind of game.

Just like now, after hearing the school bus driver's words, this person was still looking around, as if he was still looking for anything left behind.

His shoulders were shaking and his head was bobbing around like a person with ADHD.

In short, he seems to be no different from the other clowns, but he is really completely different.
He is an independent individual, like a swan standing among chickens among these people.

He didn't answer the driver, he just raised his gun casually.

Pulling the trigger is like just clearing weeds from the roadside or kicking away a pebble.

"Da da da."

Three gunshots rang out, and the school bus driver fell to the ground, without him even looking back at the driver.

He walked over, picked up the last travel bag full of money, and threw it onto the school bus.

Just as he was about to leave, he discovered that the manager who had been shot and fell to the ground was not dead and witnessed the entire disgusting and cruel scene.

The manager who was shot was lying on the ground, struggling and saying: “You think you are very smart, don’t you?
He was about to get on the car, but suddenly stopped and looked back.

The manager gasped in his death throes and said, "The guy who hired you, he's going to use it, he's going to use it on you."

George Morris felt inexplicably excited.

He even had a fantasy that he knew was impossible: there was another person under the mask, actually a clown played by a white person, and the Chinese boy was just a cover for Warner.

George Morris stared at the screen with this complicated mentality.

The clown still looked flabby as he slowly walked towards the manager.

The scribe on the ground muttered: "Criminals in this city have always had faith. Honor, respect, but look at you, what do you have? What do you believe in?"

The original Heath Ledger's pace here was a bit fast, but Chen Nuo does not.

The way he walked was very similar to when he walked to wait for the bus in Langfang.

It’s the end of the workday, so what’s the rush? This should be a time of enjoyment and relaxation.

It's the most relaxing stage.

Every breath should be pleasurable.

The words of the dying man on the ground.

It was just like what Zhao Liying was saying beside him on the way home from get off work.

How can I feel disgusted?

This is the spice of life. So, he walks more relaxed and slower than Heath Ledger.

During filming, Nolan said these steps gave him the creeps.

In fact it is.

Although she knew it was fake, Ivanka still immersed herself in the plot and felt worried about the manager on the ground.

This damn guy is an absolutely cold-blooded bastard.

The gangster wearing a clown mask finally walked up to the dying manager. He slowly squatted down, took out something that looked like a bomb, and stuffed it into the manager's mouth.

Then he said: "I believe that what doesn't kill you will make you."

Five minutes into the film, Ivanka finally hears his voice.

Who is this?
As one of the few people who have watched Blueberry Nights, I found that this person's voice is completely different from the lead actor of Blueberry Nights, Jeremy.

This person's voice was even rougher and a little hoarse. He didn't sound like someone in his 20s at all, but more like a middle-aged man in his 30s.

But then he took off the mask that had been on his face.
His eyes were looking upwards at this time, as if he was recalling some interesting past events, so that there was a hint of nostalgia in his words.

The way he shook his head was like an office worker who was forced to work overtime. "It will make you even weirder."

The face beneath the mask finally came out.

At this moment, George Morris heard a woman in the theater scream.

It turns out that under the clown's mask, there is still a clown's face.

In fact, this face is not unfamiliar, because it is everywhere on posters at the door.

But, seeing it on a poster is one thing.

It is another matter when this face appears in a close-up on the movie screen in every detail.

Ivanka discovered that the Chen Nuo in the film was completely different from the person she met in Blueberry Nights.

If it weren't for the familiar look between his eyebrows, his not-so-high nose bridge, and the Asian features that could be seen if one looked carefully, she would have thought that the actor's name on the poster was referring to someone else.

He gained weight and his forehead became broader.

The two eye circles are like two black whirlpools.

The wide eye bags and brown crow's feet at the corners of the eyes look so real.

His face also became bigger and had a lot more fat.

There are also red scars at the corners of his mouth.

It did look like a clown's mouth, but it was clearly a wound that had been cut with a knife and healed. She could even see the uneven granulation tissue on the scar.

Roger Ebert is shaking his head.

With his experience, he could certainly tell that these were the work of the makeup artist.

However, he had just watched the movie "My Blueberry Nights" not long ago.

Chen Nuo's thin figure and handsome face were still in his mind.

There is no doubt that the boy must have gained weight in order to play this role.

He must have even worked with a makeup artist to make some changes to other parts of his face.

Roger Ebert has grown old, his eyes are not as sharp as before, and for a moment it is hard to tell what has been adjusted.

However, he had to admit that the final result of the adjustment did achieve their desired goal.

This boy in his 20s really turned into a middle-aged freak in his 30s on the screen.

That’s right, freak.

Roger Ebert didn't want to call this first appearance of the Joker a monster.

Because Roger Ebert made it very clear that this Joker is a human being, not some alien species.

Because he discovered many things about this clown that were different from previous clown actors.

For example, his pace is full of life, and his expressions are like those of ordinary people, but more exaggerated.

He found that in the clown played by Chen Nuo, the formalistic performance traces of the stage play were almost completely disappeared.

The way he plays the Joker is like he's acting in a real-life police drama.

It seems that he is not in the virtual Gotham, but in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Detroit.

There is no doubt that this performance style is the first of its kind in the entire history of Batman's adaptation.

As a professional film critic, Roger Ebert is extremely excited.

No.

Not only is this form of interpretation unprecedented, but more importantly, the person performing the performance is so complete from head to toe, inside and out.

Even with Roger Ebert's sharp eyes, he couldn't find any inconsistency in any part of this man.

At this moment, Roger Ebert's gray pupils suddenly widened.

Because the clown on the screen finished his lines in an exclamatory and chanting manner.

Then, the corners of his mouth stretched to the sides, revealing a scornful smile.

This smile was fleeting, as brief as the final scene that appears in a person's deepest nightmare.

Why short?
Because after seeing this scene, ninety-nine out of a hundred people will wake up from their dreams screaming, and then find themselves sweating profusely.

Roger Ebert believes that the only one who will not be awakened by the shock must be Chen.

Because Roger Ebert bet that no matter how talented an actor is, it would be impossible for him to perform this smile instantly on the set.

It's not that Roger Ebert doesn't understand that performances are sometimes timely and there are times when inspiration shines.

But Roger Ebert thinks this smile is definitely not one of them.

Because this smile is so precise, without even a hint of ambiguity that comes with a casual performance.

Roger Albert dared to bet that when Chen Nuo showed this smile, the position of the corners of his face would not differ from the effect he wanted by more than one millimeter.

I have to say, Roger Ebert is really good at it.

If he had seen the hotel room where Chen Nuo stayed in LA, he would have been proud of his sharp vision.

In order to practice the smile in the script, Chen Nuo spent three full days and smiled perhaps a thousand times.

By the time of the final shoot, he had even developed muscle memory.

George Morris was not as deep and professional as Roger Ebert, the top film critic, who even judged the story behind the scenes.

He was simply admitting it, and this smile was so cool and real.

He remembered every clown in history, whether it was cartoons or movies, and he felt that Jack Nicholson's clown looked a little fake and empty compared to this smile.

Ivanka is not as professional as Roger Ebert, nor does she know the historical origins of Batman as well as George Morris.

She is just an ordinary audience member and a woman, so her perspective is somewhat different from the other two.

The moment Chen Nuo smiled, Ivanka's heartbeat actually quickened.

That’s right, this thing on the screen looks scary and bad, and is definitely not a normal person.

However, when he showed a contemptuous, domineering, and slightly mischievous smile, Ivanka felt that this grotesque and terrifying character had a strange charm.

The point is, although Ivanka knew Chen was trying to make him ugly.

But his natural handsomeness and the existing impression of Blueberry Nights made him still not that annoying.

Ivanka would never admit that her perception of this is just a fan filter.

She just felt that the New York City in "My Blueberry Nights" had the love she wanted.

(End of this chapter)